# Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk at Wireco Worldgroup, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `20161211933` · 12/26/2016 · SEDALIA, MISSOURI
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Chest, except internal location of diseases or disorders
- **Nature of injury:** Internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by object or equipment, unspecified
- **Source:** Reels, rolls, spools, coils, cones
## Employer
- **Name:** Wireco Worldgroup, Inc.
- **Location:** 24150 Oak Grove Ln, SEDALIA, MISSOURI, 65301
- **NAICS:** 331222
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

On December 26, 2016, two employees were moving a 90 inch metal reel using a forklift and a 4 X 4 wooden block. The reel spun and pinned the injured employee between the reel and the support beam resulting in a fractured rib and vertebrae and a collapsed lung.

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